Classics left to die/rotting pics

[Slow]

Welshbeef said:

williamp said:

Think this belongs here.

Been in the driveway a couple of weeks in suburban Derby. No front number plate, badge now gone missing (presumed stolen), car cover seemingly deliberately removed to show what it is. Very odd

Looks like the cover was on due to the fact the windscreen is broken/missing? Appears that the cover goes into a gap?

Towing eye on the front too, looks like somethings happened to it.

[cossy400]

Slow said:

Welshbeef said:

williamp said:

Think this belongs here.

Been in the driveway a couple of weeks in suburban Derby. No front number plate, badge now gone missing (presumed stolen), car cover seemingly deliberately removed to show what it is. Very odd

Looks like the cover was on due to the fact the windscreen is broken/missing? Appears that the cover goes into a gap?

Towing eye on the front too, looks like somethings happened to it.

Owner can afford it until it goes/went wrong, now its driveway fodder.....

[TR4man]

Slow said:

Welshbeef said:

williamp said:

Think this belongs here.

Been in the driveway a couple of weeks in suburban Derby. No front number plate, badge now gone missing (presumed stolen), car cover seemingly deliberately removed to show what it is. Very odd

Looks like the cover was on due to the fact the windscreen is broken/missing? Appears that the cover goes into a gap?

Towing eye on the front too, looks like somethings happened to it.

Yes, it looks to be damaged on the front splitter and n/s too.

Reckon it's a salvage car. Don't they remove number plates when they are sold for parts?

[DickyC]

Windscreen shattering signet ring, ice palace, it will all come back to you I'm sure.

[RoverP6B]

That's very sad. I'd take that...

As for Yank barges in Cornwall, Classic & Sports Car profiled a few years ago a chap down there who was running a mid-60s Lincoln Continental, one of the biggest of the Yank land yachts. His philosophy was "If a tractor can fit, so can this", with which you can't really argue, I suppose.

[Impasse]

TR4man said:

Reckon it's a salvage car. Don't they remove number plates when they are sold for parts?

The numberplate has been removed to allow access to the towing eye threaded hole.

[Hooli]

DickyC said:

Windscreen shattering signet ring, ice palace, it will all come back to you I'm sure.

Rings a faint bell.

[MDMA .]

Mercedes 190 Cosworth down a farm track near me. been sat for years with grass growing round it. criminal. probably a little damp on the underside now !

[Gallen]

williamp said:

Think this belongs here.

Been in the driveway a couple of weeks in suburban Derby. No front number plate, badge now gone missing (presumed stolen), car cover seemingly deliberately removed to show what it is. Very odd

Is it a real one, or a Toyota Celica based Aston replica

[RichB]

[Kitchski]

Gallen said:

williamp said:

Think this belongs here.

Been in the driveway a couple of weeks in suburban Derby. No front number plate, badge now gone missing (presumed stolen), car cover seemingly deliberately removed to show what it is. Very odd

Is it a real one, or a Toyota Celica based Aston replica

Mmmm, something doesn't look 'right' about it, and I see all manner of kit cars at work.

[Gallen]

Saying that, the towing eye is in the right place -
Behind front number plate

[RoverP6B]

That's a real DB9 all right.

[droopsnoot]

TR4man said:

Can't remember the last time I saw one of these.

On the outskirts of Crewe

I thought that had been there a long time, but it looked in better condition last time I paid any attention, to the extent that I put it in "classic cars spotted" rather than "left to die".

[j80jpw]

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Kitchski said:

Gallen said:

williamp said:

Think this belongs here.

Been in the driveway a couple of weeks in suburban Derby. No front number plate, badge now gone missing (presumed stolen), car cover seemingly deliberately removed to show what it is. Very odd

Is it a real one, or a Toyota Celica based Aston replica

Mmmm, something doesn't look 'right' about it, and I see all manner of kit cars at work.

And why the garden gate in front of the front door? Is it a dodgy area?

[Iva Barchetta]

[RoverP6B]

That doesn't look bad at all! Really like that, actually...

[CAPP0]

Iva Barchetta said:

Is that some Innocenti version of the old Land Crab?

[52classic]

I think it is an Austin 2200 which accounts for the better wheels and grille compared to the Landcrab.

AIRC it was marketed as a poverty spec Wolseley Six.

[daveenty]

It's just an old Austin 1800 isn't it?

Looks like it from here anyway. They also did the Austin 3 litre (used to own one) which was the same mid-section but with longer front and rear to accommodate the straight 6 engine and rear wheel drive.